SpaceX: FCC Should End Lower 12 GHz Proceeding
SpaceX told the FCC it’s time to close a proceeding examining use of the lower 12 GHz band for fixed wireless. The agency should “finally” end Dish Network’s “undeserved and relentless quest to steal spectrum rights in the 12.2-12.7 GHz…
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band at the expense of millions of Americans who depend on this band to deliver their satellite broadband and broadcast content,” said a filing posted Wednesday in docket 20-443. SpaceX submitted an analysis which it said shows that approving the change would mean “harmful interference and service outages” for Americans dependent on satellite broadband. Dish’s interference analysis relies on “fictional technology” that’s “trumpeted by RKF Engineering -- whom the Commission unanimously found submits studies based on ‘unsupported’ and ‘speculative’ assumptions,” SpaceX said.